This particular strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae had previously been detected in the United States. The bacterium frequently causes infections in hospitals, is not eliminated by any existing antibiotic ...

Infections from Mycoplasma pneumoniae, the bacteria that can cause walking pneumonia, are common, with about 2 million cases in the United States every year; they typically affect youths age 5 to 17.

DENTON COUNTY, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning about an unusual increase in cases of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae. Cases of Mycoplasma Pneumoniae have surged ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned of an unusual increase in bacterial infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. But what exactly is it and why is it concerning?

That superbug, Klebsiella, is increasingly resistant to antibiotics and can cause pneumonia, wound infections and even meningitis in patients it infects. Professor Trevor Lithgow, the lead on the ...

The increase was highest among children. For 5- to 17-year-olds, the rate of M. pneumoniae diagnoses, as a percentage of all pneumonia-related emergency room visits, surged from 3.6 percent to 7.4 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — There's a significant rise in walking pneumonia cases across the United States and now it's hitting close to home in Western New York. Here's what we know from the Centers ...

The cough can last for weeks. It’s an unexpected trend, since the bacteria -- called Mycoplasma pneumoniae-- was so uncommon during the height of the COVID pandemic that one medical journal ...